THE COMMUNIST BACKGROUND OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

by Charles A. Morse

The Million Mom March on Washington, May 14, had all the perverse logic and
shrill ideology of the Communist inspired event that it was. The absurdity of
mothers of crime victims demanding that the means of self defense be removed
from law abiding citizens, thus creating more potential crime victims, is
bizarre and would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous. One of the primary
sponsors of this "action" was the National Council of Churches. Given the
agenda of the march, and that, in addition, the United Methodist Church has
requesting of our government an outright ban on the ownership of firearms, it
is fitting that we examine the past and ideological underpinnings of the NCC.

Dr. Harry F. Ward, known as the "Red Dean" of the Union Theological Seminary,
was a leader in the founding of the Federal Council of Churches, the
forerunner to the NCC. In a career spanning 40 years, Ward influenced
hundreds of Protestant ministers and leaders to philosophical, if not
outright Communism. There were few Communist fronts in which Ward was not
involved. Ward stated on a radio broadcast, May 21, 1946, that "The Soviet
Union is progressing and growing up economically and politically…while
Capitalist society is starving and going down".

Thus far, of the National Council of Churches of Christ in America, we have
found over 100 persons in leadership capacity with either Communist-front
records or records of service to Communist causes. The aggregate affiliations
of the leadership, instead of being in the hundreds as first indicated, is
now, according to the latest count, into the thousands, and we have yet to
complete our check, which would certainly suggest…that there is infiltration
of fellow travelers in churches and educational institutions is a complete
understatement.

The chairman of these hearings, Francis Walter (D-PA) pointed out that:

This is not to say that these persons are necessarily consciously supporting
Communist enterprises, but the net result is, for all practical purposes, the
same.

Dr. Walter Rauschenbusch, in 1893, wrote that "the only power that can make
socialism succeed…is religion. It cannot work in an irreligious country".
Rauschenbusch saw Socialism as the goal with religion serving as a vehicle
toward that goal, a means to an end. Rauschenbusch was referred to by FCC
president Dr. A.W.Beavan as "the greatest single influence on the life and
thought of the American Church in the last 50 years".

Former American Communist official Manning Johnson, in Congressional
testimony, stated that "once the tactic of infiltrating religious
organizations was set by the Kremlin, implementing the new line (would
require) Communist agents in the seminaries and divinity schools. A small
Communist minority (would) influence the ideology of future clergymen in the
paths most conducive to Communist purposes". Manning Johnson, a former Negro
Communist, died shortly after his fascinating testimony, definitely a subject
for future research.

The destruction wrought by this Communist influence in the American church is
two fold. What we have is an organized attempt, conscious or otherwise, to
subvert American institutions and our culture with ideas that are
antithetical to our American way of life. We also have a deliberate watering
down of mainstream American Protestantism that has traditionally served as a
moral force for good. This infiltration has become internalized over the
decades, particularly since the demise of the Soviet Union. With true
believers in philosophical Communism in groups like the NCC, there is no
longer a need for an external "party line".

The NCC has been extremely active this year as they are paying for Elian
Gonzales father, Juan Miguel’s lawyer Graig Craig. They have been supporting
Castro since the beginning and serve as a sort of American amen corner for
the bloody handed dictator. Their positions have been consistently pro
Communist and anti American.

Their agitation for the disarming of American citizens is par for the course
as a supine American population, deprived of its god given right to self
defense, would be unable to ward off a possible military takeover. Of course,
the Communists would not likely be bold enough to do this openly here, as
they did in countries like Cuba, they would most likely call it something
else. Communists are quite adept at adapting to the "political conditions" of
the country in which they are operating. God willing, we will consider this
before surrendering our right to keep and bear arms.

END

Charles A. Morse

May 22, 2000

Chuck Morse is a syndicated talk show host on the American Freedom Network
and a contributing writer to Enter Stage Right and Etherzone